[Adopted 2-20-1974 by Ord. No. 35 (Ch.
18, Part 1, of the 1994 Code)]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
The Bonneauville Borough Municipal Authority, a municipality
authority of the commonwealth.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Borough of Bonneauville, Adams County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal corporation of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized
representative.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any property within this Borough upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property located in this Borough used or intended
for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or
any other improved property located in this Borough from which wastes,
in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all waste discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line or,
if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that
portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough and owned by the Authority.
Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public
way or public square.
A.
Required connections. The owner of any improved property
benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer shall connect such
improved property with such sewer, in such manner as this Borough
may require, within 45 days after notice to such owner from this Borough
to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property; subject,
however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established
herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough, from time
to time.
B.
Use of sewer required. All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A, shall be conducted into a sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough, from time to time.
C.
D.
Certain disposal receptacles prohibited.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at
the discretion of this Borough, shall be cleansed and shall be filled,
at the expense of the owner of such improved property, under the direction
and supervision of this Borough; and any such privy vault, cesspool,
sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and,
if required by this Borough, not cleansed and filled, shall constitute
a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated, as provided by law, at
the expense of the owner of such improved property.
E.
Connection of receptacles to sewer. No privy vault,
cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle at any time
shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
Notice to connect to sewer. The notice by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 45 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time when a sewer is in place which can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
A.
Permit required prior to work. No person shall uncover,
shall connect with, shall make any opening into or shall use, shall
alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any sewer or any part of the
sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from this
Borough.
B.
Application by owner. Application for a permit required under Subsection A shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
C.
Requirements prior to connection. No person shall
make or shall cause to be made a connection of any improved property
with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following
conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this
Borough of the desire and intention to connect such improved property
to a sewer.
(2)
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by Subsection A.
(3)
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this
Borough at least 24 hours notice of the time when such connection
will be made so that this Borough may supervise and inspect or may
cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary
testing.
(4)
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory
evidence to the Secretary of this Borough that any tapping (or connection)
fee which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the
owner of each improved property who connects such improved property
to a sewer has been paid.
D.
Separate connections required. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, each improved property shall be connected
separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer.
Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer
shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for
good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after
special permission of this Borough, in writing, shall have been secured
and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may
be prescribed by this Borough.
E.
Owner to bear costs of connection. All costs and expenses
of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of
connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner
of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify
and shall save harmless this Borough and the Authority from all loss
or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result
of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building
sewer to a sewer.
F.
Place and manner of connection.
(1)
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at
the place designated by this Borough or by the Authority and where,
if applicable, the lateral is provided.
(2)
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the
sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a
building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
G.
Authority of Borough to make connection and charge owner. If the owner of any improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after 45 days notice from this Borough requiring connection of such improved property with a sewer in accordance with § 184-2A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.
A.
Regulations.
(1)
Connecting existing lines to sewer. Where an improved
property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be
served by its own sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device,
the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side
of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device and attachment
shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer
line as a building sewer.
(2)
Inspection of work. No building sewer shall be covered
until it has been inspected and approved by this Borough. If any part
of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved,
it shall be uncovered for inspection, at the cost and expense of the
owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
(3)
Maintenance standards. Every building sewer of any
improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating
condition by the owner of such improved property.
(4)
Excavations. Every excavation for a building sewer
shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect
all persons from damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk and other
public property disturbed in the course of installation of a building
sewer shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the
improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to this
Borough.
B.
Notice of unsatisfactory conditions. If any person
shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this Borough
or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition
with respect to a building sewer, within 45 days of receipt of such
notice, this Borough or the Authority may refuse to permit such person
to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer
system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied
to the satisfaction of this Borough and the Authority.
C.
Adoption of additional regulations. This Borough reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with a sewer and with the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part of this Article I.
A.
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding $1,000 and costs and, in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Amended 4-21-2009 by Ord. No. 103]
B.
Recovery of fines. Fines and costs imposed under provisions
of this article shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner
at the time provided by applicable law.
